Re: HELP:Car revs to 5500RPM then dies

[Shawn C Meze <skerocdriver@juno.com>]

On Tue, 7 Mar 2000 10:21:34 -0500 thescirocco@juno.com writes:

>It has a spliced in '86 GLi knock box and harness.
>It acts like it is hitting a rev limiter, after it cuts off it comes 
>right back to life.
>If it was fuel stavation, wouldn't it bog or hesistate instead?
>
>Thanks for any input.


That still sounds like fuel starvation. A mild case since it will run up
to 5K. Fuel starvation has always felt like it just runs out of go. It
sounds like (Its damn hard to diagnose a car without seeing/hearing what
it's doing) the fuel pump is weak and simply cant supply fuel for RPM's
over 5K. Once you exceed that, it takes a second for the fuel pump to
"catch" up and supply fuel again. Its just a guess. 

Got a fuel pressure gauge you can hook up? 

Does it cut off in a way that it feels like the ignition switch is simply
being turned off? 

When it runs again, are you rolling or has been off long enough to
require that you completely stop to restart the car? 

Does it ever rev higher than a set RPM or does it, as an example, always
cut out at 5500 rpms? 

It definately could be the coil too. Dont overlook that. Check that out
as well. 

One last word of advice..... when you ear Jalapeno peppers, wash your
hands before you rub your eyes. It fucking hurts. 


Shawn Meze
86' Jetta GLi   82' Scirocco GTi   81' "Project Scirocco FSP"
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best looking Scirocco in all of San Diego!
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